What is Kumar Shah's specialty?

Kumar Shah (NPI 1538351986) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Critical Care (Intensivists) in Buffalo, NY.

Where does Kumar Shah practice?

Kumar Shah practices in Buffalo, NY, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538351986.

How much does Medicare pay Kumar Shah?

Kumar Shah (NPI 1538351986) received approximately $27K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 144 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538351986

Kumar ShahMD

PRACTICEZAHID ASGHER MDSee all providers at this practice →

Critical Care (Intensivists)Buffalo, NYI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

187

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

259

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$24K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 426 Critical Care (Intensivists) providers in NY — below median (cohort median 332).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,101

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$624K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

67.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter234 claims

Albuterol Sulfate148 claims

Montelukast Sodium112 claims

Prednisone112 claims

Fluticasone Propionate77 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$3K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Kumar Shah's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 27 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO	150	520
Lasalle Ambulance Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Buffalo, NY	49	178
Gerald Joyce Diagnostic Radiology · Buffalo, NY	33	220
Travis Mastroianni Diagnostic Radiology · Buffalo, NY	32	267
Yongzeng Ding Internal Medicine · Flushing, NY	28	354
Daniel Molloy Internal Medicine · Buffalo, NY	27	481
Michael Licata Diagnostic Radiology · Buffalo, NY	26	206
David Capaccio Internal Medicine · Santa Rosa, CA	26	241
FITZGERALD, JAMES	23	123
Sameer Waheed Cardiology · Austin, TX	23	317
Matthew Mcclure Cardiology · Williamsville, NY	20	146
Keith Kaplan Diagnostic Radiology · Amherst, NY	20	97

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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